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| - | | align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | <span style="color: #000000;">'''WrestleMania XV'''</span><br> | + | | align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:135%;" | <span style="color: #000000;">'''WrestleMania XV'''</span><br> |
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| - | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/WrestleManiaXV.jpg/200px-WrestleManiaXV.jpg <br> Promotional poster featuring [[Sam Simkins|The Rock]], [[Marc Beltran|The Big Show]], [[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]], [[Triple K]], [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] and [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Steve Johnson]] | + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" | style="font-size: 115%;" |Promotional poster featuring [[Jayme Johnson|The Rock]], [[Marc Beltran|The Big Show]], [[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]], [[Triple K]], [[Jon Foley|Mankind]] and [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Stone Cold Steve Austin]] |
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| - | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" | '''Imformation''' | + | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Imformation''' |
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Promotion''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Promotion''' |
| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]] | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]] |
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Date''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Date''' |
| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | March 28, 1999 | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |March 28, 1999 |
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Attendance''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Attendance''' |
| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 20,276 | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |20,276 |
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Venue''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Venue''' |
| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | First Union Center | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)|First Union Center]] |
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''City''' | + | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''City''' |
| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] |
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| - | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" | '''Pay-per-view chronology''' | + | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Pay-per-view chronology''' |
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| | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House|St. Valentine's <br> Day Massacre: <br> In Your House]] | | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House|St. Valentine's <br> Day Massacre: <br> In Your House]] |
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| | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF Backlash: In Your House|Backlash: In Your House]] | | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF Backlash: In Your House|Backlash: In Your House]] |
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| - | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" | '''[[IWE WrestleMania|WrestleMania]] chronology''' | + | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[IWE WrestleMania|WrestleMania]] chronology''' |
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| | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF WrestleMania 14|WrestleMania XIV]] | | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF WrestleMania 14|WrestleMania XIV]] |
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| | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF WrestleMania 2000|WrestleMania <br> 2000]] | | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF WrestleMania 2000|WrestleMania <br> 2000]] |
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| - | '''WrestleMania XV''' was the fifteenth annual [[IWE WrestleMania]] professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the [[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]] (IWF), which took place on March 28, 1999 at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | + | '''WrestleMania XV''' was the fifteenth annual [[IWE WrestleMania|WrestleMania]] [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] (PPV) event produced by the [[IWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (IWF), which took place on March 28, 1999, at the [[Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)|First Union Center]] in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. |
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| - | Ten professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's card, which featured a supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event. The main event contested the [[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]] between the challenger [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Steve Johnson]] and [[Sam Simkins|The Rock]] while the penultimate match saw [[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]] wrestle [[Brandon (McDonald's)|Big Boss Man]] inside the Hell in a Cell, a roofed cage that surrounds the ring. Lower on the card, six of the seven active [[Championship|championships]] were defended, including the first WrestleMania defense of the [[IWE Hardcore Championship|Hardcore Championship]]. Also on the undercard was a [[IWF Brawl for All|Brawl for All]] match, an unscripted type of shootfight between wrestler [[Bart Morgan]] and boxer/mixed martial artist [[Eric Esch|Butterbean]]. | + | Ten [[Professional wrestling match types|professional wrestling matches]] were scheduled on the event's [[Card (Sports)|card]]. The main event saw the challenger [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Stone Cold Steve Austin]] face [[Jayme Johnson|The Rock]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#No Disqualification match|No Disqualification match]] for the [[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]]. The penultimate match saw [[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]] wrestle [[Brandon Traylor (<!--McDonald's-->wrestler)|The Big Boss Man]] in a [[Hell in a Cell Match|Hell in a Cell]] match. Lower on the card, six of the seven active [[Championship (professional wrestling)|championships]] were defended, including the first WrestleMania defense of the [[IWE Hardcore Championship|Hardcore Championship]]. Also on the undercard was a [[IWF Brawl for All|Brawl for All]] match, an unscripted type of shootfight between wrestler [[Mike <!--John--> Prendergast| and boxer/mixed martial artist [[Eric Esch|Butterbean]]. This event also marks the final IWF appearance for Gorilla Monsoon, who would pass away in October of that year. |
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| - | The ticket sales of 20,276 drew a gross of $1,437,050. | + | The ticket sales of 20,276 drew a gross of $1,437,050.<ref name="mar28"/> |
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| - | When Road Dogg ([[James Burdick]]) and "Bad Ass" [[Billy Morgan]] lost the [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWF Tag Team Championship]] to [[The Corporation]], they tried their hand at singles wrestling for some time with Gunn failing in his attempts to win the [[IWE Intercontinental Championship|IWF Intercontinental Championship]], but Road Dogg becoming [[IWE Hardcore Championship|Hardcore Champion]] until an injury prevented him from honouring a championship match with [[Al Know]] who ended up fighting himself, and then [[Steven Murnion]] for the vacant belt at [[IWF St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House|St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House]] with the latter winning the title at the banks of the Mississippi River When Road Dogg won the Intercontinental Championship on ''[[IWE Raw|Raw is War]]'' Morgan fought Steven Murnion (now Hardcore Murnion) and won when Murnion crashed into an ad-hoc announce table [[Jim Ross]] had constructed for his pirate broadcast of the show. Murnion felt enraged that circumstances had conspired against him, while Know still wanted another chance at the belt.
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| - | In the previous year, due to the suddenly enlarged roster, a shootfighting knockout tournament entitled [[IWF Brawl for All]] was organized on a voluntary basis with Bart Morgan winning the tournament on August 24 after defeating every opponent by knockout aside from his opening round opponent Steven Murnion. When Murnion rechristened himself Hardcore Murnion on February 15, decrying the poor gimmicks and tag team partners he had been given in the past, Morgan made his first appearance since winning the tournament, to remind Murnion that not all his partners were of a poor caliber. After a hardcore match between the two, which Gunn dominated until a masked assailant threw him off the stage, noted [[Mixed Martial Arts|mixed martial artist]] and boxer [[Eric Esch|Eric "Butterbean" Esch]], who held a 43–1–1 record at the time, challenged him to a Brawl For All fight.
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| - | From November's [[IWF Survivor Series (1998)|Survivor Series]] until the night after St. Valentine's Day Massacre, [[Sam Simkins|The Rock]] and Mankind ([[Mick Foley]]) traded the [[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]] between themselves numerous time as Mr. McMahon screwed Mankind time and time again on his quest to headline WrestleMania. In their final match, a ''Raw is War'' [[Ladder Match|ladder match]], [[Marc Beltran]] delivered the [[Chokeslam|Showstopper]] to Mankind as he was about to win the match, removing his chances of appearing the main event. However, as Mr McMahon's Corporate conspiracy of appointing Big Show as special guest referee to secure The Rock as champion began to fall apart, Mankind constantly reared his head offering his services as a second official. With The Rock and Big Show causing infighting in The Corporation Mankind successfully canvassed for a chance to referee, but rather than have two conflicting referees, a match was booked which would see the winner have the right to officiate.
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| - | When Ryan Shammrock ([[Alicia Aldrich]]) appeared front row on ''Raw is War'', January 11, she gained attention not only from her brother but also [[Sean Venis|Val Venis]], who performed a flirtatious dance for her, and "Badd Ass" Billy Morgan who lived up to his moniker by mooning her. Enraged, [[Ken Shamrock|Ken Shammrock]] fought Morgan at the [[IWF Royal Rumble (1999)|Royal Rumble]] and then Venis at St. Valentine's Day Massacre, with Venis winning the Intercontinental Championship thanks to help from Ryan. Venis soon dumped Ryan though and she began a relationship with Goldust ([[James Thomas|Dustin Semmler]]) and Venis also unwittingly lost his championship to Road Dogg on ''Raw is War'' and so he found himself having to defend his championship against all the important men in Ryan Shammrock's life in a four corners elimination match.
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| - | [[Image:Shane-07.jpg|thumb|left|[[Shane McMahon|James McMahon]] defended the [[IWE European Championship|European Championship]]]]After The Rock won his [[I Quit" Match"|I Quit" match]] against Mankind at the Royal Rumble by playing a recording of his voice, [[Triple K]] demanded an I Quit match of his own but, as he was about to put Rock through the announce table, The Corporation came to the ring and [[Glenn McAlmond|Kane]] held his manager/girlfriend [[Amber Casey|Amber]] hostage, demanding that he quit the match. As soon as the match was over though, Amber low blowed Triple K and revealed her alliances with The Corporation, promising to give him a Valentine's Day present at the subsequent pay-per-view. Despite almost having the match won, Triple K suffered at the hands of an interfering [[Shane McMahon|James McMahon]] and illegal man Kane's chokeslam. Triple K took revenge on the February 22 ''Raw is War'' by interfering in X-Pac's ([[Sean McCurry]]) match with Amber, causing her to lose. Amber then called Triple K out on March 8 but before they could fight Kane came to the ring and Amber held up Triple K as Kane shot a fireball at him, though he would duck out the way causing (kayfabe) severe retinal damage to Amber. Despite not receiving any damage, Triple K maintained that the fireball was meant for him, an insult he took personally and an intended injury he wanted to return personally at WrestleMania. On March 22 Kane prepared to have a match against Goldust, but as he threw off his entrance robes and wig it turned out he was Triple K holding a flamethrower, shooting flames in Kane's face. Meanwhile X-Pac, who had altercations with James McMahon previous to the February event, was frustrated with his James's interference in the match and was goaded into putting his [[IWE European Championship|European Championship]] on the line in a tag team match with Triple K against Kane and James which James won thanks to Triple K being distracted by James. With James claiming himself to be a fighting champion, he agreed to a rematch at WrestleMania but regularly interfered in X-Pac's matches up until that point culminating in a Greenwich Street Fight on March 22 that ended in a no contest when the [[Mean Street Posse]] ambushed X-Pac and drove off with James in their car.
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| - | Tori ([[Terri Brooks]]) was sitting front row as a plant as early as September 14's ''Raw is War'' but it was not until late December that she began to act with stalker tendencies, sending flowers and notes to Sable ([[Avery Gold]]), the [[IWE Women's Championship|IWF Women's Champion]] and even helping her to defend her title against [[Luna Vachon]] at the Royal Rumble. On ''Raw is War'' the night after the previous pay-per-view, Tori invaded the ring again and was publicly shouted at and humiliated by Sable. Vachon then brought Tori to the ring a fortnight after, reprimanding Sable for her ego but a still-obsessed Tori helped attack Vachon. The following week on 8 March's ''Raw is War'' Tori fought Vachon with Sable in her corner but after receiving a squash from Vachon, Sable also gave Tori a [[Powerbomb|Sable Bomb]] leading to Tori interrupting Sable's Playboy interview by demanding a championship match at WrestleMania.
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| - | Having been Container-Based Variations|buried alive]] in a Royal Rumble qualification match at [[IWF Rock Bottom: In Your House|Rock Bottom: In Your House]], [[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]] disappeared from television while [[Acolytes Protection Agency|The Acolytes]], Faarooq ([[Jon Rispen]]) and Bradshaw ([[John Goff]]), began to act strangely eventually abducting [[Mideon Knight]] and leaving him tied up in a darkened room. On January 11 The Undertaker returned in slightly new attire, taking a seat in a ceremonial throne on the ''Raw is War'' stage while [[Paul Bearer]] stood beside him and The Acolytes brought Knight out and tied him to a table. There Undertaker performed a ritualistic ceremony, rechristening him Mideon. Undertaker began delivering ambiguous apocalyptic messages, but after recruiting Mabel, now Viscera ([[Keith Coleman, Jr.]]) and [[The Brood]] he began to be more direct, revealing his plan to attack Mr. McMahon and take over the International Wrestling Federation. The security of Mr. McMahon's Corporation, [[Brandon (McDonald's)|The Big Boss Man]], challenged the Ministry to a six-man tag team match which ended in a no contest when the Ministry abducted James McMahon and took him to Undertaker, who threatened him while choking him then gave him a letter to give to his father. McMahon replied the following week on February 22 by booking The Undertaker in an [[Inferno Match|Inferno match]] with Kane on ''Raw is War'', the first network television airing of that type of match. During the match McMahon provided commentary, nonchalantly revealing he had placed Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match against Big Boss Man for WrestleMania. During the match Paul Bearer gave an ominous gift to McMahon, a teddy bear. After Undertaker set Kane on fire, he turned to the enraged McMahon, taking the teddy bear (later revealed to belong to an as yet unmentioned [[Stephanie McMahon|Brittany McMahon]]) and setting alight to it reducing Grant to his knees. Trying to defeat either of his problems, McMahon declared he'd never show such weakness again and put Mankind against Undertaker which ended with Undertaker almost chokeslamming McMahon through the announce table until Boss Man saved him. Undertaker continued with his mind games on March 8, ordering his Ministry to look for Boss Man all night and attacking any innocents who were in his way, eventually capturing Boss Man and crucifying him. Boss Man managed to escape while police were being beaten off by Undertaker's minions until he offered himself to the police while being derided by McMahon. The following week he continued his assault, with videos playing throughout the evening of the Ministry at McMahon's mansion ending in McMahon coming to the ring while Triple H brawled with Kane, begging Kane to help him. Kane ripped off his mask to reveal it was actually The Undertaker who grabbed McMahon by the throat as the lights turned off in the arena and when they came up, he was gone with McMahon alone in the ring.
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| - | The event was marked with a ''Rage Party'' the preceding evening, playing on the tagline of the event, much like ''Fan Axess'' that would come in later years. It featured music from [[Isaac Hayes]] and [[Big Pun]] among others.
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| - | The inaugural WrestleMania Hardcore Championship match began with Al Know striking Billy Morgan as he tried to make a pre-match speech. With Morgan in the corner, Know fought with Hardcore Murnion outside the ring, wrapping his neck in cable but, after some fighting from Morgan, Murnion was able to suplex Snow. After Morgan again interjected himself, Know was able to go underneath the mat to find some weapons including a Philadelphia Flyers hockey stick much to the delight of the crowd. The match ended when Morgan put Know through a table in the corner, originally intended for Morgan and then used the Fameasser on Know, driving him into a chair on the mat. As the referee counted, Murnion struck Morgan with a weapon, quickly covering Know to steal his second championship reign.
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| - | The Women's Championship match began with Tori taking her time to enter the ring, Sable grabbing her hair when she finally did and tossing her back out. Tori regrouped outside and pulled Sable out by her legs, ramming her face into the barrier and the apron. Tori gave Sable an explosive chop. She was whipped into the barrier herself and as she recovered Sable performed a crossbody from the outside apron. Sable kicked her on the floor in the ring but Tori clothesline her and sat on her torso and deliver seven hard punch to Sable's face, during that exchange, Sable scrim and was defenseless and at the mercy of Tori who wanted to punish the prima donna PLayboy cover girl. Tori punished sable by delivering two vicious clotheslines to the corner on Sable. Sable felt pain and Tori tried a sunset flip pin which began a series of pinning reversals ending in a stalemate. Afterwards Tori tried a running attack on Sable but took out referee Jimmy Korderas unwittingly. Sable then tried to perform her [[Powerbomb|Sable Bomb]] but Tori jumped out of it. As she tried to perform her own powerbomb, a muscled woman, later identified as [[Nicole Bass]], came into the ring to gorilla press slam Tori. This allowed Sable to Sable Bomb Tori and pin her to retain the championship.
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| - | Before X-Pac could make his way to the ring [[Pat Patterson]] and [[Gerald Brisco]] attacked him from behind but caused little problem to X-Pac who beat them then ran into the ring, with James McMahon fleeing. James eventually made his way to the ring and was punched into the corner, escaping a Bronco Buster when Test pulled him out of the ring. Shane tried to escape once again but X-Pac chased him and threw him back into the ring, only to be struck down by Test and then have his crotch rammed into the ring post. When he returned to the ring James scoop slammed him and attempted a [[Sam Simkins#In wrestling|Corporate Elbow]], with X-Pac sitting up just before the end but he was brought back down with a low blow as referee [[Mike Chioda]] was distracted by Test. James continued to push the disqualification boundaries by whipping X-Pac with his belt several times before being back body dropped out of the ring, recovering only to be met with a flying crossbody. The Mean Street Posse tried to restrain X-Pac but he fought back, only to be floored by Test. After a superplex, the pincount was broken up by Test but he was soon kicked out of the ring then X-Pac whipped McMahon with the belt before round house kicking him into the corner and performing the Bronco Buster. When Chioda checked on McMahon afterwards, Test struck X-Pac with the championship belt but by the time McMahon covered him he managed to kick out. Test tried to interfere but took a Bronco Buster too. Triple H and Chyna came to the ring to pull Test out but when McMahon was floored by an X Factor, Chyna distracted the referee to allow Triple K to Pedigree X-Pac and cover him with James, allowing him to retain the title. The New Age Outlaws ran in the ring and brawled with Triple K and Test until the lights went out and Kane's music began to play but by the time the lights came up The Corporation were clear of the ring and had fled.
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| - | The Hell in a Cell match began with Big Boss Man punching The Undertaker into the corner until he ducked out and returned the same. Although Boss Man was able to deliver a swinging neckbreaker, Undertaker took control again throwing Boss Man into the cell. Boss Man reversed an Irish whip and threw Undertaker into the cell too, handcuffing one hand to the chain fence. Boss Man taunted Undertaker's lack of control before striking him repeatedly with his night stick causing Undertaker to fall to the floor and rip the handcuffs, though Boss Man carried on using the nightstick and cut Undertaker open. Undertaker fought back by grabbing Boss Man at the throat and throwing him back into the fence again, striking him with a chair and running Boss Man face-first into the chain fence with a fireman's carry. As the two returned to the ring Boss Man tried to clothesline Undertaker but he ducked and performed a leaping flying clothesline of his own before going Old School, ultimately falling into the ropes. The two began a fist fight in the middle of the ring with Undertaker failing a tombstone piledriver attempt, but successfully performing it seconds later and pinned him afterwards. Undertaker stood up and looked to the heavens with his hands upwards, signaling [[The Brood]] to descend onto the roof of the cell. They cut open the roof of the cell and passed through a noose, securing the other end to the top of the cell. The Brood then ascended back into the rafters as Undertaker put the noose around Boss Man's neck, with Paul Bearer causing the Cell to rise and take a hanging Boss Man with it. After the match a video package of the ''Rage Party'' was shown while Boss Man was taken down and carried off on a stretcher.
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| - | [[Image:Rockaustinxix.jpg|left|200px|thumb|[[Sam Simkins|The Rock]] and [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson]] wrestled at WrestleMania XV, [[IWF WrestleMania 17|WrestleMania X-Seven]] and [[IWE WrestleMania 19|WrestleMania XIX]]]]
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| - | Before the main event, [[Michael Cole]] announced [[Jim Ross]] returning to call the match. Mr McMahon then came to the ring as the special guest referee but once he was in the ring Shawn Michaels' music began to play. Commissioner Barnhart came to the ring and cut a promo joking that he had to buy a ticket to get in, then explaining that only the commissioner is entitled to appoint a referee for WrestleMania, ordering McMahon to the back and barring all members of The Corporation from ring side. The main event began with the two wrestlers insulting each other before Steve Johnson threw the first punch, The Rock instantly returning. The majority of the early part of the match took place outside the ring, with Johnson being choked with a t-shirt then taking Rock through the crowd before returning back into the secure area and into the crowd the opposite end. When Rock threw Johnson back into the secure area he choked him on some cable and took him up the walkway, but Johnson fought out of his grasp and threw him into the steel barriers, trying to piledrive him but being backbody dropped so that his knee landed onto light support girders. Rock picked up Austin and threw him into the WrestleMania XV sign but Johnson circled round and threw Rock into them instead, then dragged him back towards the ring having a suplex reversed on the concrete walkway. Rock then tried to throw Austin back through the crowd at ringside, spitting water in his face but Johnson took control and put him onto the Spanish announce table, performing two elbow drops to break the table and then spat water into Rock's face. Johnson threw his opponent into the ring, celebrating to the crowd but when he entered the ring Rock sprang up and drove Johnson into the floor with a [[Sam Simkins#In wrestling|Rock Bottom]], following with an unsuccessful pin cover. The Rock grabbed a chair but Johnson took it from him, Rock blocked the oncoming chair shot by pulling referee Mike Chioda in front of him, who took the chair shot. [[Image:Wmxvscsa.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Steve Johnson]] winning the [[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]]]] Rock then caught Johnson by surprise with a swinging neckbreaker, taking the chair and driving it into Johnson's back several times. After another pin attempt, with [[Tim White|Tim White]] now officiating, Johnson still kicked out and Rock used a sitting chin hold to subdue him. After holding him for some time, Johnson slowly stood up, elbowing Rock and attempting a running attack but was taken out with a Samoan drop, which Johnson again kicked out of. The Rock took his frustration out on White, Rock Bottoming him, which gave Johnson the time to recover and attack the champion with a [[Stone Cold Steve Johnson#In wrestling|Stone Cold Stunner]], with [[Earl Hebner]] eventually coming in to officiate but only counting to two before Rock kicked out. Mr McMahon came to the ring, distracting Johnson while The Rock lowblowed him; the two men kicking away at Johnson in the corner and punching Hebner when he tried to stop them. As the two double teamed Johnson, Mankind came running to the ring in his referee's uniform, throwing McMahon straight out the ring and Johnson tried a roll up pin. He followed with a Lou Thesz Press but Rock soon took the advantage with another Rock Bottom. With Johnson in the middle of the ring, The Rock tried the [[Sam Simkins#In wrestling|Corporate Elbow]] but Johnson moved out of the way at the last second. Rock caught Johnson's foot and spun him round, trying to Rock Bottom him again but Austin elbowed him away and delivered a stunner, finally securing a pin fall and winning the IWF Championship.
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| | ==Results== | | ==Results== |
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| - | |[[IWE Heat|Heat]]''
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| - | |[[Jacqueline Moore|Jacqueline Weikart]] (with [[Terri Thomas]]) defeated [[Ivory Moretti|Ivory]] (with [[Julius Hooper|D'Lo Brown]]) | + | |[[Cynthia Berry Moore|Jacqueline]] (with [[Terri <!--Bouchard--> Semmler|) defeated [[Luci<!--lle--> McCarter (wrestler)|Ivory]] |
| - | |[[Singles Match|Singles match]]
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| - | |''Heat''
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| - | |[[Julius Hooper|D'Lo Brown]] and [[Andrew Sekora|Test]] won when ''Droz'' and [[Nicolas Peterson|The Godfather]] eliminated each other.
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| - | |[[Battle Royal Match|21 Man Battle Royal]] to become the no. 1 contenders to the [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWF Tag Team Championship]]
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| - | |[[Steven Murnion|Hardcore Murnion]] defeated [[Billy Morgan]] (c) and [[Ray Sarven|Al Snow]]
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| - | |[[Basic Non-Elimination Matches|Triple threat]] [[Hardcore Wrestling|hardcore match]] for the [[IWE Hardcore Championship|IWF Hardcore Championship]]
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| - | |[[Owen Heart]] and [[Jeff Jarrett]] (c) (with [[Debra McMichael|Debra]]) defeated [[Andrew Sekora|Test]] and [[Julius Hooper|D'Lo Brown]] (with [[Ivory Moretti|Ivory]])
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| - | |[[Tag Team Match|Tag team match]] for the [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWF Tag Team Championship]]
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| - | |[[Eric Esch|Butterbean]] defeated [[Bart Morgan]]
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| - | |[[IWF Brawl for All|Brawl for All match]]
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| - | |[[Mick Foley|Mankind]] defeated [[Marc Beltran|"The Big Show" Marc Beltran]] by [[Disqualification|disqualification]]
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| - | |Singles match to become the [[Special Guest Referee Match|special guest referee]] of the main event
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| - | |[[James Burdick|Road Dogg Jesse James]] (c) defeated [[Kenneth Shamrock|Ken Shamrock]], [[James Thomas|Goldust]] (with [[Brian Huffran|The Blue Meanie]] and [[Alicia Shamrock|Ryan Shamrock]]) and [[Sean Venis|Val Venis]]
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| - | |[[Basic Elimination Matches|Four corners elimination match]] for the [[IWE Intercontinental Championship|IWF Intercontinental Championship]] | + | |
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| - | |[[Glenn McAlmond|Kane]] (with [[Amber Casey|Chyna]]) defeated [[Triple K]] by disqualification
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| - | |[[Avery Gold|Sable]] (c) defeated [[Tori Poch|Tori]]
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| - | |Singles match for the [[IWE Women's Championship|IWF Women's Championship]]
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| - | |[[Shane McMahon|Shane Woodward]] (c) (with [[Andrew Sekora|Test]]) defeated [[Sean McCurry|X-Pac]]
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| - | |Singles match for the [[IWE European Championship|IWF European Championship]]
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| + | |[[Roy <!--Julius--> Hoover|D'Lo Brown]] and [[Andrew Sekora (wrestler)|Test]] won when [[Darren <!--Ronnie--> Drude<!--zov--> (wrestler)|Droz]] and [[Charles Warren (wrestler)|The Godfather]] eliminated each other. |
| - | |[[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]] (with [[Paul Bearer]]) defeated [[Brandon (McDonald's)|The Big Boss Man]] | + | |[[Battle Royal (professional wrestling)|Battle Royal]] to determine #1 contenders to the [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWF Tag Team Championship]] |
| - | |[[Hell in a Cell]] match | + | |
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| - | |10 | + | |colspan="4" align=center| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match<br>{{small|'''H'''}} – indicates the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on ''[[IWE Heat|Sunday Night Heat]]'' |
| - | |[[Stone Cold Steve Johnson]] defeated [[Sam Simkins|The Rock]] (c) | + | |
| - | |[[No Disqualification Match|No disqualification match]] for the [[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]] | + | |
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| - | <small>The other participants were: [[Michael Blackman|Steve Blackman]], [[John Goff|Bradshaw]], [[Brian Lawler|Brian Christopher]], [[Harris Brothers|8-Ball]], [[Harris Brothers|Skull]], [[Jon Rispen|Faarooq]], [[Dwayne Gill|Gillberg]], [[Josh Hooper]], [[Matt Hooper]], [[Road Warrior Hawk|Hawk]], [[Road Warrior Animal|Animal]], [[Danny Knight|Mideon]], [[Rocco Rock]], [[Johnny Grunge]], [[Ali Singh|Tiger Ali Singh]], [[Kevin Garland|Scott Taylor]] and [[Nelson Coleman, Jr.|Viscera]]</small>
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
